In a bizarre incident, an irate youth of Saraikula village under Naugaon block on Tuesday reportedly killed his niece and injured two others over a family feud.
The two injured were undergoing treatment at the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack. Police have arrested the accused. According to reports, Tukuna Barik of Saraikula all of a sudden attacked his parental niece Chhaila Barik following a family feud with a lethal weapon on Tuesday. Tukuna also attacked his two kin, Nirupama Swain and Kahnu Swain, when they came to Chhaila’s rescue. Some neighbours rescued the three with grievous injuries from Tukuna and rushed them to the District Headquarters Hospital here. Chhaila succumbed to her injures on the way.